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Arts and Entertainment, Film

Dog is Dead firmly alive and kicking

Dog is Dead cam calling to Glasgow recently.

The Journal caught up with Dog is Dead ahead of their performance north of the Border

59 articles, sorted by name / date
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Le Havre »

*****
One of the most attractive features of Aki Kaurismäki’s films is their setting: the Finnish director has a talent for creating warm, vivid atmospheres from places that one would usually consider drab and uninspiring. He has done this many ti...

Wed 09 May 2012 by Alexandre Johnston | Read more »

Wang's Arrival  »

Wang’s Arrival is a psychological thriller set in modern-day Rome and directed by Italian brothers Marco and Antonio Manetti exploring contemporary issues surrounding war and, throughout its duration, asking forceful questions of the audience&rsq...

Thu 26 Apr 2012 by Paul Rodger | Read more »

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion »

Can a man of the law get away with cold-blooded murder? That’s the question at the core of Elio Petri’s Oscar-winning 1970 film Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion a tense, satirical Italian thriller which explores the boundaries of ...

Thu 26 Apr 2012 by Blair Dingwall | Read more »

Not just for show »

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Despite following the romantic comedy template almost faultlessly, The Decoy Bride is so sweet and shamelessly silly it has to be forgiven. It follows author James Arber (David Tennant) and Hollywood star Lara Tyler (Alice Eve) as they attempt to have...

Thu 22 Mar 2012 by Caroline Armour | Read more »

Wild at Heart & Weird on Top »

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Strange, surreal, disturbing are words to describe the films of David Lynch. Currently, the Edinburgh Film House is dedicating a whole film season to this unique director. In context of Into a World: The Films of David Lynch, the Filmhouse is showing a...

Fri 09 Mar 2012 by Monja Prokscha | Read more »

Martha Marcy May Marlene »

Martha Marcy May Marlene

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Martha Marcy May Marlene is one of those rare films that resists all attempts at categorisation. Part psychological thriller, part political commentary, part sensitive drama, it eschews the conventions of these genres to offer the viewer a compellingly...

Thu 01 Mar 2012 by Steven Campbell-Harris | Read more »

The Artist »

The Artist

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Michel Hazanavicius’ film The Artist is a masterpiece. Charming and challenging, the silent film deconstructs and plays with the basic elements of the ‘moving image’ to form a pure economy of expression. Utilising a wonderful soundtr...

Wed 15 Feb 2012 by Oliver MacMahon | Read more »

We Were Here »

We Were Here

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We Were Here, a documentary about the AIDS epidemic in 1980s San Francisco, marks the start of LGBT History Month at Filmhouse. It is an important reminder that when individuals put their differences aside and help each other, we see the best of humani...

Wed 15 Feb 2012 by Matthew Macaulay | Read more »

Carnage »

Carnage

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Two neurotic couples from Brooklyn meet to discuss a fight between their sons. Their contrasting ideas on their role as parents soon leads to an escalation of hysteria that culminates in a hilarious four-way fight. Roman Polanski’s latest artist...

Wed 15 Feb 2012 by Claudia Marinaro | Read more »

The Descendants  »

The Descendants

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Judging by the posters and trailers for The Descendants which show George Clooney sporting a vibrant Hawaiian shirt, the film could justifiably be mistaken for yet another trite comedy-drama. The first half-hour seems to confirm this judgement, bu...

Wed 15 Feb 2012 by Alexandre Johnston | Read more »

Goodbye Mr. Christie »

Goodbye Mr. Christie

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The film part of Phil Mulloy’s Christie Family trilogy, Goodbye Mr. Christie, gets its UK premiere at the Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival. Focusing on existential, unrequited love, hidden violence and religion in the seemingly peaceful English...

Sun 12 Feb 2012 by Amy Taylor | Read more »

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo »

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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David Fincher’s film requires some justification: was there any need (except, of course, financially, for Sony) to make a second adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s 2005 best-selling novel? This new super-production does not add anything signific...

Wed 08 Feb 2012 by Alexandre Johnston | Read more »

Waltz With Bashir »

Waltz Withe Bashir

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Waltz with Bashir is an animated documentary, a potent exploration of director Ari Folman's own experience of war. It's told as he tries to piece together his fractured memories of the major Israeli incursion into Lebanon in 1982. Waltz with Bashir is ...

Mon 06 Feb 2012 by Anna Hafsteinsson | Read more »

Chico & Rita »

Chico & Rita

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In 2008 Mark Kermode called Chico & Rita 'One of the 10 best films of the year' and with its cracking soundtrack and charming visual aesthetic it's not too hard to see why. Talented Spanish director Fernando Trueba invokes the tradition of the...

Mon 06 Feb 2012 by Anna Hafsteinsson | Read more »

The Iron Lady »

The Iron Lady

Whatever you think of Margaret Thatcher there is no denying that she was a strong and charismatic leader who changed the face of British politics. Her tacit determination and dogged refusal not to be ‘turned’ on issues relating to the miner...

Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Matthew Macaulay | Read more »

Margin Call »

Margin Call

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"There are three ways to make a living in this business. Be first, be smarter, or cheat." Margin Call is the latest instalment in a growing body of films to cast light on the motives, doubts, and fears leading to the 2008 financial crisis. Thankfu...

Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Steven Campbell-Harris | Read more »

Shame »

Shame

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Steve McQueen’s latest cinematic offering, Shame, is an unflinching examination of the reality of sexual addiction. The film follows Brandon, a thirty-something New Yorker whose voracious sexual appetite prevents him from forging meaningful relat...

Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Matthew Macaulay | Read more »

Nothing but Shame »

Glasgow’s biggest cinema complex was one of the venues nationwide treated to a live Satellite Q&A from rising British director Steve McQueen and screen-writer Abi Morgan last week.  Filmed out of London’s Curzen Mayfair, the two t...

Thu 19 Jan 2012 by Blair Dingwall | Read more »

The Rum Diary »

The Rum Diary

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Based on the novel by Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary is an occasionally amusing if rambling tale of alcohol, the perils of corruption, and more alcohol set on the pristine island of Puerto Rico. Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) stars as a journalist who has...

Thu 01 Dec 2011 by Steven Campbell-Harris | Read more »

French Film Festival 2011 »

The French Film Festival UK is now in its 19th year, and as such has come to impose itself as a dominating feature on the Scottish cultural landscape. Founded in Edinburgh, it now covers most towns in Scotland as well as London and other English cities...

Thu 01 Dec 2011 by Alexandre Johnston | Read more »

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